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Burning Man 1999

Alissa Sears, left, and Jake Dunn of San Fransisco hold each other while exploring the center of Black Rock City at the Burning Man festival near Gerlach, Nev., on Saturday, Sept. 4, 1999. The week-long event celebrates art and self expression.

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Burning Man 1999

Alissa Sears, left, and Jake Dunn of San Fransisco hold each other while exploring the center of Black Rock City at the Burning Man festival near Gerlach, Nev., on Saturday, Sept. 4, 1999. The week-long event celebrates art and self expression. Laura Rauch/AP

Members of the Church of Reformed Hedonists work to cover their structure Sunday, Aug. 29, 1999, in Gerlach, Nev. The group is part of the Burning Man festival, which starts Monday and will run through Sunday, Sept. 5, 1999. David Hunter/AP

Adelma Roach and David Lurey of San Francisco stretch after a yoga class at the Elvis Yoga camp at the Burning Man festival near Gerlach, Nev., on Saturday, Sept. 4, 1999. More than 20,000 people are expected to attend the festival, which celebrates art and self-expression, in the Black Rock Desert. Laura Rauch/AP

The wooden "Man" statue lies dormant at dawn Sunday, Aug. 29, 1999, in Gerlach, Nev. The Burning Man event continues in the desert, with an expected crowd of 20,000 by the time "The Man" burns Saturday, Sept. 4. David Hunter/AP

Patti Leake, left, and Rich Lach snuggle while waiting in line for the portable toilets at the Burning Man festival near Gerlach, Nev., on Friday, Sept. 3, 1999. The festival, which runs through Saturday, celebrates self-expression and self-reliance. Laura Rauch/AP

Tammy Burger of San Francisco checks on the condition of her sculpted creations after an overnight windstorm on Sunday, Sept. 5, 1999, at the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev. Burger created several aluminum birds strung on poles, which encircle giant fowers in the middle of the desert basin. David Hunter/AP

A member of the Death Guild uses a cable-swing to transport herself from their campsite across the street to a structual rendition of the movie Mad Max's Thunderdome at Burning Man on Sunday, Sept. 5, 1999, near Gerlach, Nev. The group held nightly dancing and fire-juggling exhibitions in the structure. Billed as the largest outdoor arts festival in North America, Burning Man is a psychedelic adventure that combines wilderness camping with avante garde performance, a Mardi Gras-like celebration on what appears to be the surface of the moon. David Hunter/AP

Mr. Mega Bolt creates lightning bolts as an expression of performance art during the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev., on Thursday, Sept. 2, 1999. The gathering, intented to be a celebration of radical free expression and self reliance, will host 20,000 people before its culmination on Saturday. Laura Rauch/AP

David Gibson, left, of England, and Chuck Sloan, of Reno, look out across the desert basin as the morning sun hits the Burning Man statue, Saturday, Sept. 4, 1999, in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev. More than 20,000 people were expected to attend the festival, which celebrates art and self-expression. David Hunter/AP

Performance artists Holly Lovecat, left, and Carson Wetherby, of Los Angeles, brandish their own form of art during the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev., on Thursday, Sept. 2, 1999. The gathering, intended to be a celebration of radical free expression and self-reliance, will host 20,000 people before its culmination on Saturday. Laura Rauch/AP

A decorated car travels across the playa Sunday, Aug. 29, 1999, in Gerlach Nev., on its way to Burning Man. The week-long event in the middle of the Black Rock Desert is expected to draw 20,000 people this year. The counterculture event on the vast dried mud of an ancient lake bed culminates Saturday night with the torching of a 50-foot wooden man draped in fireworks and neon. David Hunter/AP

The symbolic man stands glowing in the desert as visitors wander around him during the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev., on Thursday, Sept. 2, 1999. The gathering, intended to be a celebration of radical free expression and self reliance, will host 20,000 people before its culmination on Saturday where the statue of the man will be set on fire. Laura Rauch/AP

Spectators cheer as a 50-foot-tall wooden effigy of a man is burned on the final day of the Burning Man festival near Gerlach, Nev., on Saturday, Sept. 4, 1999. More than 20,000 people attended the festival, which is held as a celebration of self-expression and self-reliance. Laura Rauch/AP

Participants run toward the site of a 50-foot-tall wooden effigy of a man moments after it was burned on the final day of the Burning Man festival near Gerlach, Nev., on Saturday, Sept. 4, 1999. More than 20,000 people attended the festival which is held as a celebration of self-expression and self-reliance. Laura Rauch/AP